Al Ghazzi, O. (2014) “Citizen Journalism” in the Syrian Uprising: Problematizing Western Narratives in a Local Context. Communication Theory, 24 (4). pp. 435-454. ISSN 1468-2885
Abstract
This article analyzes the term ‘citizen journalism’ against the backdrop of the Arab uprisings in order to show how it overlooks the local context of digital media practices. The first part examines videos emanating from Syria to illustrate how they blur the lines between acts of witnessing, reporting, and lobbying, as well as between professional and amateur productions, and civic and violent intentions. The second part highlights the genealogies of citizenship and journalism in an Arab context and cautions against assumptions about their universality. The article argues that the oscillation of Western narratives between hopes about digital media's role in democratization in the Arab World and fears about their use in terrorism circumscribe the theorization of digital media practices.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2014 International Communication Association. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Communication Theory. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Citizen Journalism; Arab Uprisings; Citizenship; Comparative Journalism; Digital Media |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Journalism Studies (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 23 Feb 2016 10:25 |
Last Modified: | 30 Oct 2016 16:02 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/comt.12047 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/comt.12047 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:95427 |